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Health Benefits
What are Superfruits?
"Superfruits"are a unique group of nutrient-rich fruits that contain natural compounds shown to have potential disease-fighting properties.
Emerging science shows that tart cherries (technically known as Prunus cerasus) are among the few fruits that fall into this catagory.
Tart cherries, commonly found in dried, frozen and juice forms, are:
- Rich in antioxidants
- Contain potent phytonutrients including anthocyanins – plant pigments that have been linked to a variety of health benefits. Other phytonutrients include: quercetin, kaempferol, chlorogenic acid, p-coumaric acid, gallic acid, perillyl alcohol, D-glucaric acid
- Melatonin, which has been shown to help improve sleep cycles
- Reduce inflammation and ease the pain of arthritis and gout
- May offer protection against heart disease
- May reduce the risk of diabetes and insulin resistance syndrome
- May aid in the treatment and possible prevention of memory loss
- An excellent source of beta carotene (vitamin A). In fact, they contain19 times the beta carotene of blueberries and strawberries
- Cherries also are rich in vitamins C and E, and provide potassium, magnesium, iron, folate and fiber
Tart Cherries at a Glance
Antioxidants (ORAC score per 100 grams) – What is ORAC
Cherry Juice Concentrate: 12,800 ORAC units
Dried Cherries: 6,800 ORAC units
Frozen Cherries: 2,033 ORAC units
Pigments: Anthocyanins
Restful Night
The entire Cherry Essentials product range, is manufactured using Montmorency cherries.
Montmorency cherries are one of the few known food sources of melatonin, a potent antioxidant that helps improve the body’s circadian rhythms and natural sleep patterns.
Studies on Melatonin suggest that:
- Is readily extracted from and absorbed by the body when taken in cherry form
- Melatonin helps to regulate our sleep/wake cycle
- Help support cardiovascular health
- Reduce total body inflammation
- Reduce ischemia and reperfusion associated with surgery
Heart Health & Lower Cholesterol
Cherry Essentials products contain phenolic compounds that may reduce inflammation and offer protection against heart disease and stroke.
Cherry Essentials Products are a rich source of antioxidants, including anthocyanins and other phenolic compounds, helping you to maintain your long term cardiovascular health with daily use.
What Research Indicates
Various studies have shown that a diet rich in the antioxidants found in tart cherries, the anthocyanins and flavanoid compounds, may:
- Reduce risk in coronary heart disease, in some cases by up to 58%
- Protect against oxidation of “bad” LDL cholesterol
- Reduce total cholesterol levels
- Raise “good” HDL cholesterol
- Reduce triglyceride levels
- Reduce fasting glucose and insulin levels
- Reduce “fatty liver” by lessening accumulation of cholesterol and triglycerides in the or the accumulation of triglcyeride and cholesterol in the liver
Gout & Uric acid
Gout causes attacks of painful inflammation in one or more joints caused by the accumulation of uric acid crystals in the blood. Usually harmless, when allowed to accumulate through poor diet or compromised kidney filtration, uric acid accumulates in the joints causing painful, inflammatory attacks. Although different from more common types of joint inflammation such as Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, it is categorised as arthritis.
Montmorency cherries have been shown to help maintain the levels of Uric acid, so reducing the gout attacks .
Healthy Joints
The Cherry Essentials supplement line has been developed with the Antioxidant & Flavanoid power of Montmorency cherries to promote Healthy Joint & Mobility
For decades, tart cherries have quietly grown a devoted fan base of arthritis sufferers who routinely consumed the fruit (particularly as juice) to help soothe their symptoms. At the time, the only evidence was anecdotal. Today, however, there appears to be science behind the cherry folklore.
Research has concluded that “...compounds in cherries may inhibit inflammatory pathways” associated with gout. Additional studies suggest that consumption of cherries may be beneficial for the management and prevention of inflammatory diseases including inflammatory pain.
Brain Health
Antioxidants found in Cherry Essentials products have been shown to
- Help reverse the course of behavioural neuronal aging therefore assisting memory
- Protect against neurological disorders such as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
- Possibly improve memory
5 a day
Cherry Essentials Concentrate and Dried Cherries count towards your Government recommended '5-a-day' fruit and vegetable target!
Cherry Essentials Concentrate and Dried Cherries have been awarded the official Government ‘5-a-day’ logo!
Approximately 30g of Cherry Essentials Dried Montmorency Cherries equals:
- One of your 5-a-day and provides a delicious healthy snack food for both you and all of the family. Why not use our re-sealable bags and place a portion in your kids lunch box.
- Each 30ml serving of Cherry Essential Concentrate contains approximately 5,120 ORAC points and counts as one of your 5-a-day
We pride ourselves on being 100% Natural
Cherry Essentials products are 100% natural and totally free from artificial colours, flavours, preservatives and added sugar, so you can be 100% confident in our Food Products for you and your family – 100% Goodness in Every Day Life.
ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity)
This is a standardised method of measuring antioxidant capacities of different foods. Products with high ORAC values are valuable in reducing oxidative damage on a cellular level that may contribute to degenerative diseases of aging, such as cardiovascular disease and immune system decline. Melatonin is just one of the antioxidants found in Tart Cherry Concentrate, and it is believed by researchers that it is much more potent that vitamin A, C or E because it is soluble in both fat and water
Nutritionists suggest that we need consume 3000-5000 ORAC units per day to impart a antioxidant health benefit on the body.
Cherry Essentials Concentrate contains over 5120 ORAC units per 30ml serving, so well above the recommended daily intake
Antioxidant capacity of Selected Fruits
